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The Roman law of obligations , edited by E. Descheemaeker, written by Peter Birks, 2014

The Roman law of obligations , edited by E. Descheemaeker, written by Peter Birks, 2014 Peter Birks, 27th Regius Professor of Civil Law at the University of Oxford, was a brilliant lawyer and most famous for his lasting contribution to the law of restitution. But that was just one of his many achievements. Others were his contributions to Roman Law and his great talent for tutoring and teaching. This book is a first result of the initiative, taken a few years after Birks’ sudden and much regretted death in 2004, to make the entirety of his scholarly writings available to the legal community. It comprises of notes for a series of 24 lectures on the Roman law of obligations, two per week during a term of twelve weeks, when Birks lectured in Edinburgh as professor in Civil Law in the years 1981–1987. He deposited his notes in the law library. Its editor, Eric ­Descheemaeker, a pupil of Birks, took much trouble to prepare the text, which evidently had been worked out by Birks in order to be read by others. We owe him a great debt for presenting us the teacher Birks. The book is an excellent introduction to the way Birks viewed the law. He was a masterly teacher and his writings http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Legal History Review / Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis / Revue d'Histoire du Droit Brill

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Brill
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© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0040-7585
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1571-8190
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10.1163/15718190-08334p10
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Peter Birks, 27th Regius Professor of Civil Law at the University of Oxford, was a brilliant lawyer and most famous for his lasting contribution to the law of restitution. But that was just one of his many achievements. Others were his contributions to Roman Law and his great talent for tutoring and teaching. This book is a first result of the initiative, taken a few years after Birks’ sudden and much regretted death in 2004, to make the entirety of his scholarly writings available to the legal community. It comprises of notes for a series of 24 lectures on the Roman law of obligations, two per week during a term of twelve weeks, when Birks lectured in Edinburgh as professor in Civil Law in the years 1981–1987. He deposited his notes in the law library. Its editor, Eric ­Descheemaeker, a pupil of Birks, took much trouble to prepare the text, which evidently had been worked out by Birks in order to be read by others. We owe him a great debt for presenting us the teacher Birks. The book is an excellent introduction to the way Birks viewed the law. He was a masterly teacher and his writings

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The Legal History Review / Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis / Revue d'Histoire du Droit – Brill

Published: Dec 10, 2015

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